Now face england. As David Brindle reports, it was a tense and nervous game with so much at stake. At the stadium where canada, brazil, and the United States were eliminated, colombia and jamaica hoped to avoid a similarfate. For the winners, england await. The first half was physical and tense, but ultimately goalless. That was nothing new forjamaicas defence, who have been impenetrable in this tournament. But when Catalina Usme brought a long ball down in the area perfectly, she ended that run. Colombia in the front, thanks to their captain on the night the second goalfor this womens world cup, sends the colombians in the stands into raptures over 300 minutes had gone by before jamaica conceded their first goal of the tournament, and it brought them to live. To life. Moments later, they struck the woodwork but they shouldve equalised. Colombia spotted an opportunity and immediately hit on the counter, a chance to double their lead to no avail. England will watch this cautiously, some
on the counter, a chance to double their lead to no avail. england will watch this cautiously, something for them to keep in mind in the next round. jamaica kept pushing and came this close to an equaliser. a cross, a free header agonisingly wide. the fairy tale for jamaica ends here colombia held their nerve. their prize is first quarterfinal appearance at a world cup, and a date of the european champions. with the european champions. david brindle, bbc news. forjamaica though, despite only conceding once overfour games, their impressive world cup comes to an end. for us, just, we re coming in with no games. i feel very happy for the players that they could perform at this level without getting adequate games to play, so i am very pleased with them. and they gave everything tonight, we weren t very good tonight but you know, that s football. they should be proud